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What was written and broadcast about Harry Pepl: reviews, portraits, interviews and obituaries, with summary and source. The originals are protected by copyright and kept in the archive; we provide them to researchers and the press on request.
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20 December 2011 · Review
ECM Reviews (Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond): „Pirchner/Pepl/DeJohnette: s/t (ECM 1237)“
Tyran Grillo
Mixed review of the 1983 ECM (the renowned European jazz label) album, recorded in June 1982 at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, with Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette. The chorus effect of the Ovation guitar and the lack of rapport among the three musicians are criticised; Pepl’s solos and the closing piece “Better Times In Sight” are regarded as strengths. The page shows 10 February 2015 as the date of the update. Almost a year later, on 13 November 2012, Grillo revised his verdict in “A second look”.
When soloing, however, it sounds fantastic
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13 October 2011 · Report · DE
Kleine Zeitung: „Fährtensuche im Zwio“
Michael Tschida
Preview of a reading by Christoph Ransmayr and Martin Pollack at the Literaturhaus Graz. Michael Tschida uses the Jazzzwio of Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner as the image of an ideal duet; the same text appeared in the Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung on 20 October 2011.
The crowding of the z's and the tacked-on w also nicely illustrated, visually, what bound the Viennese guitarist and the Tyrolean vibraphonist so closely: artistic density, blind understanding, congeniality.
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13 October 2011 · Interview · DE
OÖ Nachrichten (Rieder Volkszeitung): „Ich werde versuchen, noch viel tiefer in die Musik einzutauchen“
Bianka Eichinger
Interview with the Innviertel trombonist Paul Zauner, organiser of the INNtöne festival. Asked about the most impressive musician he has ever worked with, he names Harry Pepl second.
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5 January 2011 · Portrait · DE
Kurier: „Jazz mit Herz, Witz und Bauchgefühl“
Werner Rosenberger
Portrait of Wolfgang Puschnig ahead of his project “For The Love Of It” at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Besides his work with Linda Sharrock, the Kurier calls his projects with Harry Pepl in Air Mail legendary; the same text appeared on kurier.at.
Legendary, too, his collaboration with the singer Linda Sharrock or his projects with Harry Pepl (“Air Mail”).
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2011 · Portrait
musicexport.at: „Harry Sokal“ (Porträt)
Michael Ternai
Portrait of the saxophonist Harry Sokal for the Austrian music export office. Among his partners it names Harry Pepl, Daniel Humair, Gene Jackson, Andy McKee and Idris Muhammad.